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    «™™«™«™«.V ¦¦ ¦ ¦ THE LEADEit ; 767

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    Italian Opera, Drury Lake.— Mdlle. Titie...

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    GERMANY AND THE FRENCH PRESS. The langua...

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    At a sale of music and instruments "t Me...

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    Crystal Palace. Handel Commemoration Fes...

    i , < Win abbey and in church , and at the soldier s ELal We have noticed that the organ s ^ eU in the former is apt to injure the true and natural effect aid that the dramatic accessories at the latter over-SoW it ; and we repeat that the effect produced bv its performance—also on Wednesday--wherein the skilful organ performed his legitimate office , W nomor " was > extremely fine illustration of the P wasn 1 atu ? ally anticipated that many persons would postpone their visit to the last day ; and in Ser to accommodate these , as well as to prevent confusion at the Palace , the ticket-office at Exeternail was kept open until eleven o ' clock yesterday morning . Even after that hour stragglers arrived , in the hope of being in time to secure admissions but in that respect they were disappointed , and their dilatoriness must have occasioned them some inconvenience in having . to obtaia the requisite pass at Sydenham . It will , be remembered that at the experimental performance in 1857 the last day was the most patronised , and it seems probable that the same is the case now . The arrangements for the second day of the present commemoration partook of a sectional character . First , there was the whole of the Te Deum , and then followed selections from Belshazzar , Saul , Samson , and Judas Maccabeus . The object of this variety was obviously to promote the convenience of her Majesty ; and the weather being magnificently fine , thousands must have gone to the Palace in the full expectation of seeing the Queen as well as listening to the music . Affairs of State , however , prevented the royal visit on Wednesday , and it being understood that it would take place to-day there was again a double inducement to be present . Elaborate and tasteful toilets were accordingly as much in the ascendant this forenoon as on Wednesday . The railways were besieged with whole armies of crinoline : while the road was gay and animated to & degree . Costly west-end equipages mingled with unpretending broughams and cabs , and the different routes leading to Sydenham were choked with carriages . Space , however , was kept by mounted police to facilitate the progress of some great personages or other , and everything indicated that unusual visitors were expected . Nevertheless there were not wanting misgivings that the deatliof the -Grand Duchess Dowager of Prussia , mother of the Princess of Prussia , and grandmother of the husband of the Princess Royal of England , would forbid the attendance of her Majesty to-day , and these fears appear to have been well founded , since we learn from a report dispatched at the last moment that the Prince Consort had arrived unattended by her Majesty . His royal highness was accompanied by the Princess Alice , thePrinces 3 Helena , the Count de Flanders , and a numerous suite . The royal party drove to the Crystal Palaceintheir open carriages , in scarlet liveries , proceeding by Vauxhall-bridge , South Lambeth , Stockwell , Alpharoad , and Brixton . They were received by bir Joseph Paxton , Mr . Farquhar ( the chairman ) , Mr . Bowley ( the manager ) , Mr . Danby Seymour . U . i .., Mr . Grove ( the secretary ) , and several other ot the directors , who conducted the royal party to the state compartment fitted up in the first gallery of the eastern transept ; and as his royal Highness the Prince Consort entered , the orchestra pealed forth the majestic strains of the National Anthem , the audience rising simultaneously with the orchestra . The solo parts were sung by Madame Clara Novello , Mlss IJolby and Mr . Sims Hooves ; and it is needless to say the effect was grand and thrilling . After a pause of some minutos , Mr . Costa again waved his baton , and the orchestra forthwith commenced the oratorio ot ' Israel in Egypt , " Besides the ladies and gentlemen already named , Madame Rudersdorff , Madame Lcmraens Sherrington , Mr . Weiss , and Signor Belletti lent their aid to the performance , which was listened to with almost breathless admiration . The splomlour of tlie spectacle which the auditory presented was not a little increased by the beauty of . the roynl box . The weather was nil that could bo desired , and the close of the commemoration , like its opening , has been a complete success . With the exception of an inopportune storux on Monday , which will mightily profit laundresses and milliners , and which caused a good deal of annoyance to the thousands who woro particularly anxiouu , for divers urgent reasons—though they all came out to enjoy themselves—to got up to town "by tho very next train , " everything has gone off well . Wo Have in our time soon and helped in a good deal of manngornent , aye , and mismanagement too . We ought to know something about it , and wo can aflirni on tho -words of that individual and collective Hydra , tho « gontlomon of the press , " that tho dexterity , . mildness , and success with which Mr . Bowloy ftntl hie Sacrod Harmonic stewards arranged the stowage was so romurkablo as to deserve praise and thanks on nil hands , The people wore symmetrically arranged in blocks , ample room for moving , arriving and departure being loft between those . There was

    neither crushing nor crowding , nor discontent , that we could see , and seeing , in fact , that a musical mob , like one of smokers , is generally mildly disposed , we should hardly have looked for it ; And we have another agreeable confession to make before closing our remarks ; anent some old enemies of ours—Messrs . Sawyer and Strange-r-or , we beg pardon , Mr . Frederick Strange—of the refreshment department . Cockneys as we are , we have often had a Done to pick with those who would , we thought , give us naught else , were we ever so poor , so rich , so hungry , or dainty . ^ But . Mr . Strange has at last , after long buffeting in the sea of public disapproval , we hope , caught sight of land . A month ago we would have advised no one to lunch or dine at the Crystal Palace . "We have now the honour to report , for the advantage of those whom it may concern , and not without some gratifying recollections of our own , that vre dined under Mr . Strange ' ministration , at various prices , on the Rehearsal day , and on Monday and Wednesday . We found out that in the eighteen-penny diningroom we could get a good dinner of cold lamb , salad , and etceteras ( not beer , thou thirsty one ) : and we have found the ordinary in the south-wing diningroom is by no means to be despised . Mr . Strange here showed much wisdom in confining his attentions to cold dishes , arid few of them . He now prints a very nice bill of fare , comprising—judiciously , if he wishes to profit by his trade—a limited number of articles . Of these the customer may dine a discretion or d Vindiscretion . if tie likes : and one who on a Handel centenary day has enjoyed a Mayonnaise ot salmon , beurre < mr capres , a good tongue , and cold fowl , besides very fair sweets , and a ; bottle of Closde Vougeot , has a right to be thankful , and may be allowed to testify accordingly . This Mayonnaise of salmon is a good thought . While salmon rivers run , and lettuce fields grow , we can have it in abundance . It may te excellently flavoured at no great cost : —it is decidedly a- " -. piece de resistance" may dine off , and dine off well , n . you like . At a monster restaurant like this , where the caterer must bfe prepared to-day for 2 , 000 , and tomorrow for 200 customers , the mayonnaise an question is a very politic introduction . The Crystal Palace salads of former days were a feature . We have bitterly reviled several generations of the successors of those antique salads . Under Mr . Strange we have a hope that a man of moderate means and with short time at his disposal may once more go to the Crystal Palace—really to dine .

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    Italian Opera, Drury Lake.— Mdlle. Titie...

    Italian Opera , Drury Lake . — Mdlle . Titiens is a great dramatic singer . Her Vakntma in Uh Ugonotti " is her chef-doeuvre , and in her first performance of the part here on Thursday week she so far outdid all her previous efforts as to rouse an audience both critical and fashionable to a high pitch of enthusiasm . In the grand duo with liaoul de Nanjis , in the third-act—and , indeed , in the whole of that act—she was magnificent , and was ably supported by Giuglini as the hero . Tho cast was otherwise strong . Mdlle . Lemaire as Urbino ( the page—Mdme . Alboni ' s character ) has an excellent mezzosoprano voice , and much taste . To say that the Margarita de Valois ( Mdlle . Brarobella ) and the ' Marcel ( Signor Marini ) were more than respectable is perhaps hardly doing them justice ; and it were as unjust to suppress a murmur at the one glaring orchestral shortcoming . We recognise the difficulty of extemporising so perfect a band as that of the rival Opera , which , as we have before said , has now been one and undivided for several years ; and we are no less aware that the peculiar cor A * gte * &** ty ' used by Meyerbeer with remarkable eflect in tins groat work is an instrument not pro eased by a half dozen i nstrumentalists in London ; but still the intention of the composer and the mental peace of the connoisseur are so interfered with by the substitution of the oboo that some provision should really be made at a first class opera house to meet the legitimate requirements of the score . Mr . Douglas of tho Standard announces that ho is making great preparations for the jroduction of the tragedy of " Medea , " in which Miss Edith Horaud ? who lately attained so much repute by her enunciation of Antigone at tho Crystal Palace musical performance of Mendelssohn ' s grand choruses ) will sustain tho character of tho celebrated enchan--trosB of Colchis . It will be probably produced next Saturday . Madam * : Tubsaud ' s . —A group luis just boon added to the collection of Madame Tus fiaud . ^ whioh Jt is not too much to speak in unquiilifled 1 >™ f ° - This is a group of children , scions o / tlie royal house of Hanover : Whoever the artist may bo W whom this K ? oup has been modelled it does him great orodJt . The cofouring of the heads and limbs of the , children is a perfect imitation of life , and the yninuter wcossories are so complete as to leave nothing to , beiadded to tho general effect . There are many other groups

    and many single figures recently added , which are very well worth being mentioned in a more specific manner , but for which we have not space . The general appearance of the gallery is magnificent , and corresponds with the sumptuous costumes of the effigies which form the collection . ' During Whitsun holidays the crowd of visitors was greater than we ever remember to have seen assembled on former occasions . . The following distinguised persons honoured the Drury Lane Royal Italian Opera with their presence last week : —The Baron Brunnow , Russian Ambassador and party , His Grace the Duke of Bedford and party , the Lord Sandys , Lady Knatchbull , Lord and Lady Saltoun , Lady Hall , Lady A . Willoughby , Lady F . Russell , Sir John Lowther , Bart . ; Sir William Obdy , Bart . ; Miss Burdett Coutts' party , Captain Clayton , R . N ., and Mrs . Clayton ; Major-General Sir A . Wandford , Mrs . Howard , Colonel Luke White , C . C . Martin , Esq . ; Captain Walter , Major Purvis , C . Hudson , Esq . ; J . Aray , Esq . ; A . J Curtis , Esq . ; M . T . Norris , Esq ., & e .

    Germany And The French Press. The Langua...

    GERMANY AND THE FRENCH PRESS . The language of the German press with respect to France is remarked on by the Constitutionnel as highly unbecoming and unj ustifiafcle . The Emperor Napoleon , it declares , has undertaken the war in Italy only for the single object of freeing that fine country from tyrannical rule , and has no intention of attackinff Germany or any other country . Hence , it says , the apprehensions expressed by the German press are unfounded , and the armament of the various States amounts to a positive menace . . It then Sa We " are told of M . Kossuth and General Ivlapka . the former of whom , says the Austrian partisans is g-one to Italy with a French passport ; while the latter has published a proclamation to the Hungarians , dated from the Imperial head quarters , Not one word of all this is true . The Imperial government has nothing whatever to do with the proceedings or attempts of those two refugees ; but France ^ scarcely be expected to deprive them of their liberty for the greater security of Austria . Besides , neither Kossuth nor General Ivlapka is in the habit of accepting a mission from any one ; and when one of the English journals , friendly to Austria , speaks of them as agents of the French government , ? t misrepresents their position , and at the same fame throws doubt on the straightforward conduct of France . We cannot affect to be surprised if the Hungarians do not feel quite happy under the Austrian voice ; but we must hot confound causes altogetherXtinct . We are in Italy . lbr a determined object , which has nothing threatening for European ftiternational rights . , T \ . ™ r . > i in ' ¦ Certain foreign journals assert that I-1 ench mtriKueS active on the banks of the Danube , in SSg embarrasments for Turkey , and exciting the Roman principalities against her government . To these insFnuations we give the most positive . denial On the very day of the Emperor ' s departure for the anny of Italy , Count Walewski informed srs & j ? rKMs * s ssssf . cassss of Us language . " The New Sufiiuirvs . —In n common hull to-day SSS ? S ^ S 4 | w Pnsuinir vear Mr . B . Scott was re-elected ClmmberfaTn " anJuie other annual officials were also reappointed . .

    At A Sale Of Music And Instruments "T Me...

    At a sale of music and instruments "t Messrs . sssarsssswEsaiSK gfgfessasss with exact statements of tho circumstance * . ThoAto Gazette of St . Potorsburtf publishes a notice to the inhabitant to tho effect that several cases Sf cholera had lately appeared in that city , and nolnts out tho best meads to bo adopted to avoid tho Siaoaso Everyone is recommended to bo ware oX JettlSff sudfflr ohlUod when warm -, not to overload Sw on S" to abstain from iced bovoragw , and at to first appearance of any derangement In tho digostvo organs to have rocourso to radical advice . S A lotto ? from Rome ia the Journal ( lea Dohats states that tho young Mortara was lately confirmed at tho church of St . John Lutoran .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), June 25, 1859, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_25061859/page/11/